IXODIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Hard ticks

Synonyms:

family Ixodidae; Ixodidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ixodidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Ixodidae"):

hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)

genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)

Dermacentor; genus Dermacentor (vectors of important diseases of man and animals)

Holonyms ("Ixodidae" is a member of...):

Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)